Is That You, Baby?

Now that I'm pregnant I've decided that every pregnant woman could write her own book on being pregnant. Like most first time moms, the moment I found out that I was pregnant I rushed out to the store to find a book that would inform me of what was going on in my body. The book that I bought breaks it down month to month and lets you know what to expect and what changes are going to happen to you.
Well, first of all I'm starting a campaign to change the name of "morning" sickness to just "pregnancy" sickness. Or in my case "24/7" sickness! Everyday I had hope that that day would be the day that I truly had sickness just in the morning. I mean what are these doctors thinking. You can't mess with a hormonal pregnant woman like that!
The book also outlines when certain milestones will happen, such as when the baby can feel touch, when it can hear, etc. The baby is supposed to start hearing in the fifth month. So on the first day of the fifth month Jon was down by my belly telling our bundle of joy how he was going to take him or her to the park and when he or she got bigger that Thursday's were going to be their golf day! Could the baby even hear that? I don't know but it hasn't stopped us from telling stories or playing Baby Einstein in the car.
Then there is the whole question of when do you start to feel the baby. Everyone says that I should start to feel the baby, but what is it supposed to feel like? Come on, it's only about 8 inches long and weighs about 7 ounces. Or does it?... I've started to feel flutters, but I'm not sure if it is the baby or the chili that I ate last night.

So now when I have a wave of nausea, feel a flutter, or have a sudden craving, I just rub my expanding abdomen, chuckle and say, "Is that you, Baby?"